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60-day Governor’s consistency review. 

The Governors of California, Idaho, 

Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, 

Utah, and Wyoming raised concerns 

regarding the Proposed RMP 

Amendments, identified inconsistencies 

with State and local plans, and provided 

recommendations relating to the BLM’s 

Proposed RMP Amendments. The BLM 

considered the information provided by 

the Governors but declined to revise the 

Approved RMP Amendments, finding 

that the Approved RMP Amendments 

appropriately integrate State and local 

plans to the maximum extent practical, 

consistent with Federal law. The 

Governors of California and Utah 

appealed the BLM’s response to the 

Governors’ consistency review to the 

BLM Director. The BLM Director 

determined that the Approved RMP 

Amendments provide for a reasonable 

balance between the national interest 

and the State’s interest, and notified the 

Governors that no changes to the 

Approved RMP Amendments were 

necessary as a result of the Governor’s 

consistency review. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 (2022), 43 CFR 

subpart 1610.) 

Nada Wolff Culver, 

Principal Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30953 Filed 12–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–27–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[SDMT 106276277; SDM 112598] 

Public Land Order No. 7956; 

Withdrawal of Pactola Reservoir— 

Rapid Creek Watershed; South Dakota 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Public land order. 

SUMMARY: This Public Land Order (PLO) 

withdraws 20,510 acres of National 

Forest System (NFS) lands in the Black 

Hills National Forest, Pennington 

County, South Dakota, from settlement, 

sale, location, or entry under the public 

land laws; location and entry under the 

United States mining laws; and leasing 

under the mineral and geothermal 

leasing laws for 20 years, subject to 

valid existing rights, to protect the 

cultural and natural resources of the 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

Watershed, including municipal water 

for Rapid City and Ellsworth Air Force 

Base. 

DATES: This PLO takes effect on 

December 27, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adam Carr, Branch Chief, Realty Lands 

and Renewable Energy, BLM Montana/ 

Dakotas, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, 

Montana 59101, telephone: (406) 538– 

1957; email: acarr@blm.gov; or Shawn 

Cochran, Forest Supervisor, Black Hills 

National Forest, 1019 N. 5th Street, 

Custer, South Dakota 57730, telephone: 

(605) 673–9203, email: shawn.cochran@

usda.gov. Individuals in the United 

States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 

hearing, or have a speech disability may 

dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to 

access telecommunications relay 

services. Individuals outside the United 

States should use the relay services 

offered within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this withdrawal is to protect 

and preserve cultural and natural 

resources of the Pactola Reservoir— 

Rapid Creek Watershed, including 

municipal water for Rapid City and 

Ellsworth Air Force Base, from the 

known and potential adverse 

environmental impacts that may arise 

from exploration and development of 

federally owned minerals. A Notice of 

Application for Withdrawal and 

Notification of Public Meeting was 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 21, 2023 (88 FR 17006). 

Order 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of the Interior by Section 

204 of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 43 

U.S.C. 1714, it is ordered as follows: 

1. Subject to valid existing rights, the 

following described lands are hereby 

withdrawn from settlement, sale, 

location, or entry under the public land 

laws; location and entry under the 

United States mining laws; and leasing 

under the mineral and geothermal 

leasing laws for 20 years. 

Black Hills Meridian, South Dakota 

T. 1 N., R. 4 E., 

Sec. 1; 

Sec. 2, that part lying easterly of the 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 11, that part lying easterly of the 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Secs. 12 and 13; 

Sec. 14, that part lying easterly of the 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 23, that part lying northeasterly of 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 24, that part lying northeasterly of 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 25, that part lying northeasterly of 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary. 

T. 2 N., R. 4 E., 

Sec. 13, lots 1 thru 5, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4, except Tract A of H.E.S. No. 241, 

that part lying southerly of Pactola 

Reservoir—Rapid Creek subwatershed 

boundary; 

Sec. 14, lot 2, SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and 

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, that part lying southeasterly 

of Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 22, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, those portions lying 

southerly and easterly of Pactola 

Reservoir—Rapid Creek subwatershed 

boundary; 

Sec. 23, that part lying easterly of Pactola 

Reservoir—Rapid Creek subwatershed 

boundary; 

Sec. 24, except Tract A of H.E.S. No. 241; 

Sec. 25, except M.S. No. 1948 and M.S. No. 

2016; 

Sec. 26, that part lying easterly of Pactola 

Reservoir—Rapid Creek subwatershed 

boundary; 

Sec. 27, those portions lying easterly of 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 34, lots 1, 4, 6, and 9, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, and S1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, that part 

lying easterly of Pactola Reservoir— 

Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 35, except M.S. No. 2047, that part 

lying northeasterly of Pactola 

Reservoir—Rapid Creek subwatershed 

boundary; 

Sec. 36, except M.S. No. 1948; 

M.S. No. 1019, that part lying southerly of 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

M.S. No. 2047. 

T. 1 N., R. 5 E., 

Sec. 2, that part lying southwesterly of 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Secs. 3 thru 7; 

Sec. 8, except M.S. No. 1918; 

Secs. 9 and 10; 

Sec. 11, that part lying northwesterly of the 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 14, that part lying northwesterly of the 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 15, N1⁄2, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and 

NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, that part lying 

northerly of the Pactola Reservoir— 

Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 16, that part lying northwesterly of the 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 17, except M.S. Nos. 1916 and 1918 

and M.S. No. 2092, Peggy Lode, Merrit 

No. 1 Lode, and Luckly Boy Lode; 

Sec. 18, N1⁄2, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 19, NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, S1⁄2, 

that part lying northwesterly of the 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 20, except M.S. No. 1916, that part 

lying northerly of the Pactola Reservoir— 

Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 21, NW1⁄4, that part lying 

northwesterly of the Pactola Reservoir— 

Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary; 


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Sec. 30, W1⁄2, that part lying northwesterly 

of the Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary. 

H.E.S. No. 106; 

H.E.S. No. 599; 

M.S. No. 891. 

T. 2 N., R. 5 E., 

Sec. 18, that part lying southerly of the 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 19, that part lying southwesterly of the 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 20, SW1⁄4, that part lying 

southwesterly of the Pactola Reservoir— 

Rapid Creek subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 28, SW1⁄4, that part lying southerly of 

the Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 29, that part lying westerly of the 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 30, except M.S. No. 1948 and M.S. No. 

2016; 

Sec. 31, lots 5 and 6, lots 10 thru 19, NE1⁄4, 

E1⁄2NW1⁄4, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and those portions 

of M.S. No. 504 further described as 

Town of Silver City, Blocks A, B, C, D, 

and E, lots 3 thru 16 and lots 23 thru 32 

of Block 9, lots 4 and 5, lots 12 thru 15, 

lots 27 thru 30 of Block 12, and Blocks 

19 and 20; 

Sec. 32, except M.S. No. 2040 and The 

Silver City Cemetery Tract, as shown on 

the survey plat of the Silver City 

Cemetery Tract recorded as Doc. # 

A201717833, in the Pennington County 

Register of Deeds, on 12/19/2017, at 2:15 

p.m., that part lying southwesterly of the 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 33, that part lying southerly of the 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 34, that part lying southerly of the 

Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

Sec. 35, those portions lying westerly of 

the Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary; 

M.S. No 2040, except W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4 of 

Sec. 31 and The Silver City Cemetery 

Tract, as shown on the survey plat of the 

Silver City Cemetery Tract recorded as 

Doc. #A201717833, in the Pennington 

County Register of Deeds, on 12/19/2017, 

at 2:15 p.m. 

The Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek 

subwatershed boundary described 

within this land description was 

derived from Geographic Information 

Systems (GIS) and used for convenience 

in determining acreage. This 

subwatershed is also known as 

Hydrological Unit Code (HUC) 

101201100110. This land description 

intends to include all Federal lands 

administered by the United States 

Department of Agriculture Forest 

Service within this subwatershed. The 

actual boundary is intended to be the 

location of said subwatershed as it 

exists on the ground. 

The areas described aggregate 20,510 

acres, more or less, according to the 

official plats of surveys of the said 

lands, on file with the Bureau of Land 

Management, Conveyance Documents, 

and GIS. 

2. The withdrawal made by this order 

does not alter the applicability of laws 

governing the use of public lands or 

NFS lands other than the public land 

laws, the United States mining laws, 

mineral leasing, and geothermal leasing 

laws. 

3. The withdrawal will expire 20 

years from the effective date of this 

Order, unless, as a result of a review 

conducted prior to the expiration date 

pursuant to Section 204(f) of FLPMA, 43 

U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary determines 

the withdrawal should be extended. 

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714) 

Robert T. Anderson, 

Solicitor. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30790 Filed 12–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2024–0055] 

Notice of Availability of a Joint Record 

of Decision for the Proposed 

SouthCoast Wind Project 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior; National Marine 

Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce; U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Department of the Army. 

ACTION: Record of decision; notice of 

availability. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) announces the 

availability of the joint record of 

decision (ROD) on the final 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the construction and operations plan 

(COP) submitted by SouthCoast Wind 

Energy LLC (SouthCoast Wind) for its 

proposed SouthCoast Wind Project 

(Project) offshore Massachusetts and 

Rhode Island. The joint ROD includes 

the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) 

decision regarding the COP; National 

Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) 

decision, pending completion of all 

statutory processes, regarding 

SouthCoast Wind’s requested Incidental 

Take Regulations (ITR) and an 

associated Letter of Authorization (LOA) 

under the Marine Mammal Protection 

Act (MMPA); and U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ (USACE) decision regarding 

authorizations under section 10 of the 

Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (RHA) 

and section 404 of the Clean Water Act 

(CWA). NMFS has adopted the final EIS 

to support its decision about whether or 

not to promulgate the requested ITR and 

issue an LOA to SouthCoast Wind under 

the MMPA. USACE has adopted the 

final EIS to support its decision to issue 

a Department of the Army (DA) permit 

under section 10 of the RHA and section 

404 of the CWA. The joint ROD 

concludes the National Environmental 

Policy Act process for each agency. 

ADDRESSES: The joint ROD and 

associated information are available on 

BOEM’s website at https://

www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/stateactivities/southcoast-wind-formerlymayflower-wind. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information related to BOEM’s action, 

please contact Genevieve Brune, BOEM 

Office of Renewable Energy Programs, 

45600 Woodland Road, VAM–OREP, 

Sterling, Virginia 20166, (703) 787– 

1553, or genevieve.brune@boem.gov. For 

information related to NMFS’ action, 

please contact Katherine Renshaw, 

National Oceanic Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) Office of 

General Counsel, (302) 515–0324, 

katherine.renshaw@noaa.gov. For 

information related to USACE’s action, 

please contact Roberta Budnik, 

Regulatory Division, New England 

District, (978) 318–8766, 

roberta.K.Budnik@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

SouthCoast Wind seeks approval to 

construct, operate, and maintain the 

Project: a wind energy facility and the 

associated export cables on the Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore 

Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The 

Project would be developed within the 

range of design parameters outlined in 

the COP, subject to applicable 

mitigation measures. 

A notice of availability for the final 

EIS was published in the Federal 

Register on November 15, 2024 at 89 FR 

90316. On December 16, 2024, BOEM 

published an errata on its website that 

included certain edits to the Executive 

Summary, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, 

Appendix F, Appendix G, Appendix I, 

Appendix N, and Appendix O. None of 

these edits are substantive or affect the 

analysis or conclusions in the final EIS. 

The proposed Project would be 

located about 26 nautical miles (nm) (48 

kilometers) south of Martha’s Vineyard 

and 20 nm (37 kilometers) south of 

Nantucket in the area defined in 

BOEM’s renewable energy lease number 

OCS–A 0521 (Lease Area). The Lease 

Area covers approximately 127,388 

acres. The Project would consist of up 


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